@article{ref1,
title="Developing text messages to reduce community college student alcohol use",
journal="American journal of health behavior",
year="2018",
author="Lewis, Melissa A. and Cadigan, Jennifer M. and Cronce, Jessica M. and Kilmer, Jason R. and Suffoletto, Brian and Walter, Theresa and Lee, Christine M.",
volume="42",
number="4",
pages="70-79",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs The aim of this study is to evaluate how community college students with hazardous drinking perceived the usefulness of alcohol protective behavioral strategy text messages (TM-PBS). <br><br>METHODS Community college students with past hazardous single occasion or weekly drinking (N = 48; 60% female) were randomized to receive 2 TM-PBS on 3 typical drinking days per week for 2 weeks selected by: (1) research investigators (ie, based on clinical and theoretical application); (2) participants (ie, messages highly rated at baseline by the participants); or (3) a random process. Prior to 2 typical drinking days per week, immediately after receiving TMs, we asked: &quot;How useful do you think this strategy will be for you when you drink? Text a number from 1 (not useful) to 5 (very useful).&quot; Results Response rates for the 12 messages ranged from 72.9% to 87.5%, with no differences in response rates across selection categories (ie, investigator, participant, random). Investigator-selected messages were rated as less useful than messages that were self-selected by participants or messages that were selected at random. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS TM-PBS chosen a priori by students were perceived as more useful than TM-PBS chosen by investigators, supporting this form of tailoring in alcohol interventions to optimize usefulness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1087-3244",
doi="10.5993/AJHB.42.4.7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.42.4.7"
}